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Karnataka is the fourth state to make Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri-directorial The Kashmir Files tax-free in a bid to encourage more and more people to watch the Anupam Kher-starrer film. Prior to Karnataka, the film has been made tax-free in Gujarat, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh.
Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai called the Agnihotri-directorial a “blood-curdling, poignant and honest narrative of the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from their home land.” Bommai further said in his tweet that the state government has decided to make The Kashmir Files tax-free to encourage people to watch it.
Bommai tweeted, “Kudos to Vivek Agnihotri for The Kashmir Files, a blood-curdling, poignant and honest narrative of the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from their home land. To lend our support to the movie and encourage our people to watch it, we will make the movie tax-free in Karnataka.”
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar also saw the film and recounted his experiences of working in the Kashmir Valley in 1990. Khattar called the film a “living and touching depiction of the human tragedy that took place in the Kashmir Valley in 1990.”
He further noted, “Saw the movie the theater today. The Haryana government has made the film Kashmir Files tax free, so that our present generation also sees and understands this vibrant film.”
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupesh Patel also announced their decision to make the Anupam Kher-starrer tax free in their respective states.
